July 23, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Beware of Counterfeit bills!
DeKalb County Clerk James L. (Jimmy) Poss said he has notified both the Smithville Police Department and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department after someone tried to pass counterfeit $20 bills as payment for a title transaction this morning (Tuesday) at his office.
According to County Clerk Poss, the deputy clerk who received payment noticed that the bills the man handed her didn’t look or feel right. A fellow employee was asked to check the bills and she came to the same conclusion.
After the clerk informed the man that the bills were not real, he handed them real currency to make his payment and took back the counterfeit bills which he claimed he had found on the ground. The man put the phony bills back in his billfold and left.
Poss urges local businesses to be vigilant guarding against counterfeit currency.